Saturday Night Live es un show televisivo nocturno estadounidense, emitido en vivo, que revolucionó la televisión en los años 70 con su combinación de sketches, comedia, variedad, actores, músicos, e invitados especiales. Ha sido una cantera generadora de talentos muy fuerte de varios guinistas, actores, escritores, productores y cantantes. Creado por Lorne Michaels y desarrollado por Dick Ebersol, el programa fue estrenado por la cadena de televisión NBC. Durante más de 30 años, el programa ha presentado personajes locos, situaciones humorísticamente extrañas, parodias de los presidentes y políticos de turno, sarcásticas burlas a celebridades contemporáneas de la música y del cine, y shows musicales en vivo. Su reparto se compone de miembros repertorios, también conocidos como The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players (el nombre del reparto original del programa, que viene a significar «La Compañía No Apta para las Horas de Máxima Audiencia»), y nuevos miembros quienes se conocen como The Featured Players («La Compañía Destacada»).
Steve Martin/Blondie 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-10-13
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent Vandal,"" ""Rise,"" ""Carole King,"" ""The David Susskind Show,"" ""Bolshoi Ballet,"" ""The All-New Mr. Bill Show,"" ""What the Hell is That?"". Blondie performs "Dreaming" and "The Hardest Part".
Eric Idle/Bob Dylan 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-10-20
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How To Pick Up Girls!,"" ""Hardcore II,"" ""Heavy Sarcasm,"" and ""Ask Elvis.""
Bob Dylan performs ""Gotta Serve Somebody,"" ""I Believe In You,"" and ""When You Gonna Wake Up.""
Bill Russell/Chicago 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-03
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""Nick in the Arctic,"" ""Eleanor Roosevelt,"" ""Sports Hot Line,"" and ""Big n' Tall That's All.""
Chicago performs their 1970 hit ""I'm a Man"" and their then-current single ""Street Player.""
Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-10
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harley's Bristol Cream"" and ""Banshee"" commercial parodies, and one of Aviva Slesin's ""First Love"" films.
Bea Arthur/The Roches 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-17
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""
Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman 5.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-08
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""
Martin Sheen/David Bowie 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-15
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolypse Now,"" ""First Love, Part 2,"" ""Foreveready,"" ""Criminals,"" ""Minota AM-3 Camera,"" ""Revisions of Freudian History,"" ""Martin Sheen Hairspray""
Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-22
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include A Christmas Gift from The Shah, Nerds Nativity, and Java Junkie.
Teri Garr/The B-52's 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-01-26
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind Bars,"" ""Anchovy Council of America,"" ""Bad Playhouse,"" ""Baby Casting Director,"" and ""The Mr. Bill Show."" The B-52's perform ""Rock Lobster"" and ""Dance This Mess Around.""
Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-02-09
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Live from New York, it's…Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"" The Bel Airabs, ""You Can't Win,"" Speaking of Fashion, ""Linden Palmer, Hollywood's Forgotten Director,"" and ""Honduras.""
Elliott Gould/Gary Numan 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-02-16
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and ""All-Time Radio.""
Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-02-23
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prime Time Saturday,"" and ""Mask of Fear""
Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-03-08
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Celebrity Corner: Bill Murray talks with Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow.
Paul Simon/James Taylor 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-03-15
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" ""Talk or Die,"" and ""The David Susskind Show.""
Paul Simon and James Taylor perform ""Cathy's Clown / Take Me to the Mardi Gras"" and David Sanborn performs ""Anything You Want.""
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-04-05
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""
Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray 9.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-04-12
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""
Strother Martin/The Specials 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-04-19
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: The host for the episode is Strother Martin, and the musical guest is The Specials. The skits for this episode are as follows: Rosalyn Carter talks about sections of the 1980 census intended for illegal aliens, including questions about how they got into the US, where they would hide if the INS came to their homes, and how much they would be willing to do housework for. During his opening monologue, Strother Martin reveals that he was asked to host the show because Lorne Michaels mistook him for Tennessee Williams, and so far he's been keeping up the act. At Camp Beau Soleil, the campers are forced to learn French by the brutal camp counselor, Le Capitain, but a camper named Luke is determined to escape. Additional skits include a variety show will, the Conductor's Club, Any Town, and Food. The Specials perform "Gangsters" and "Too Much, Too Young".
Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-10
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Romance.""
Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney 0.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-17
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer,"" ""Reagan's Dinner,"" and ""The Hominids.""
3-D performed ""All-Night Television.""
Buck Henry/Andrew Gold 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-24
Duración: 67 min
Sinopsis: Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer!
Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Future" monologue, "Lord and Lady Douchebag," "Uncle Roy," and "Nick at Trader Nick's."
